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H. B. PEBIGER. ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITER OR OTHER PRINTING RIBBONS.

No. 581,276. Patenten r. 27, 1897.

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT EFIcE.

HENRY B. FEBIGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTHTO JOHN R. KEATINGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITER OR OTHER PRINTING-RIBBONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,276, dated April27, 1897.

Application filed January 4, 1897. Serial No. 617,885. (No model.)

Writer or other Printing-Ribbons, which improvement is fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of novel means for attaching a printing-ribbon toareel, barrel, &c., especiallyof a type-writing machine, the

, same embodying, first, a catch on the end of the ribbon for engagementwith the reel, (to. next, a cross-bar on the catch for connecting thelatter with the ribbon; finally, a slotor recess in the reel, barrel,&c., for the location of the catch of the ribbon.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a reel having a printing-ribbonembodying my invention applied thereto, said ribbon having itshorizontal portion in section. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section online w as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a view of the reel with a ribbon onthe side opposite to Fig. 1, showing the ribbon disconnected from thereel. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the portion of the ribbonembodying my invention, one of the folds thereof being partly turnedover.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a reel for the printing-ribbonof a type-writing machine, and B designates the barrel thereof, the samehaving a slot 0 therein, said slot extending transversely of the lengthof said barrel. 1

D designates the printing-ribbon, the same having a portion E of one endturned back on itself, forming the fold F, within which is placed thecross-bar G. The portions of the ribbon that come in contact or lie uponthe other are gummed, cemented, or otherwise secured together, so thatthey will not separate, whereby the cross-bar G retains its position inthe fold F.

H designates a catch which is connected with said cross-bar G andprojects therefrom outside of the fold F through the opening J in thelatter, it being noticed that in order to connect the ribbon with thebarrel B the catch is inserted into the slot 0 in the longitudinaldirection thereof and then quarterturned, whereby the catch engages withthe inner face of the barrel and attaches the ribbon to the reel, itbeing also evident that when the catch is again turned one-quarter thecatch registers with the slot and so may be withdrawn through thelatter, thus disconnecting the ribbon from the reel.

The catch consists of a somewhat T-shaped head, formed of the limbs Kand necks L, the latter occupying the opening J in the fold of theribbon and coming closely together, by which provision the fold of theribbon lies flat on the barrel, avoiding buckling, wrinkling, orirregularity of winding of the ribbon on the barrel. Furthermore, thecrossbar G is formed of a piece of wire bent into parallel lengths, eachlength terminating in one of the necks L and limbs K, said length, neck,and limbs being in the same plane, thus producing a simple, inexpensive,light, strong, and durable device for the purpose intended.

If desired, the number of slots 0 may be increased, as shown by thedotted lines, Fig.

3, so that a larger number of catches may be employed with the cross-barG, but a single catch and slot are considered generally sufficient forthe attachment of the ribbon in position, it being noticed that the slotdoes not interfere with the opening or shoulder M on the barrel for thereversing mechanism, the latter forming no part of the presentinvention, it being illustrated to indicate how the device may beemployed without affecting the nature of said mechanism.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fastening for an inking-ribbon, consisting of a crossbar of wirehaving its ends forming a T-shaped head adapted to enter atransversely-extending slot on a reel-barrel.

2. The combination of a reel-barrel having the slot 0 therein with aribbon having a folded end, and an opening in the fold thereof and across-bar in said fold having a T-shaped head projecting through saidopening and adapted to be inserted in said slot.

HENRY B. FEBIGER.

Witnesses:

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